# Traffic anchor / MSJ

**Company**: TEGNA Inc.
**Location**: New Orleans, LA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

WWL-TV, the Tegna CBS affiliate in New Orleans, is seeking a traffic reporter who can also handle MSJ duties, including shooting and some fill-in anchoring.

The successful candidate will be an engaging personality who can present traffic during morning newscasts in an understandable manner and gain local knowledge to identify challenging traffic issues.

Responsibilities:

- Serve as weekday traffic anchor for the entire morning show

- Report on various topics as needed

- Fill in as anchor when required

- Relay impactful traffic situations to the story desk for push alerts and stories

- Inform morning show producers when traffic needs to play a bigger role due to breaking accidents

- Cover traffic-related topics, including evacuations and vital information during hurricanes

Requirements:

- 1 to 3 years of reporting, traffic anchoring, or anchoring experience

- Previous traffic anchoring experience is a plus, but talented reporters comfortable on air will be considered

- Previous anchor duties are preferred

Benefits:

- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and eye care coverage

- Access to fertility, surrogacy, and adoption assistance

- Disability and life insurance

- 401(k) program with company matching contributions

- Paid Time Off (PTO) and nine paid holidays per year

- Virtual doctor's appointments and free annual therapy sessions

## Skills

### Required
- reporting
- traffic anchoring
- anchoring
- shooting

### Nice to have
- previous traffic anchoring experience
- anchor duties experience

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